Basile RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE

(b. 13 October 1744 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 26 April 1792 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Basile RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE was born 13 October 1744 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Basile RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE was the child of Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Josephe DESRANLEAU dite CHATEAUNEUF and the grandchild of: (paternal) François RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Madeleine LEPELLE (maternal) Jean DESRANLEAU dit CHATEAUNEUF and Marie-Madeleine TROTTIER

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Basile married Françoise-Judith BERUBE 18 August 1788 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . Françoise-Judith BERUBE was born 11 April 1737 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Françoise-Judith died 11 October 1811 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Françoise-Judith was the child of Pierre BERUBE and Marie-Madeleine LEVESQUE.

Basile RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE died 26 April 1792 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Françoise-Judith BERUBE-- Date: 18 August 1788 Place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Françoise-Judith BERUBE was the child of Pierre BERUBE and Marie-Madeleine LEVESQUE

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1744 Birth
13 October 1744
La-Pérade, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Basile RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Françoise-Judith BERUBE 18 August 1788, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 43 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada